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Improving Your Company Starts with You

Strategy Driven

Many of these things – and more – are described in detail in methodologies like lean and Six Sigma. Do You Understand Finances? Another aspect that many leaders can often stand to improve about themselves is their ability to handle finances. If it seems like a lot of work, that’s because it is.

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Ten Types of Organizational Change

Change Starts Here

In order to improve results, a manufacturer sought to involve more people in developing and implementing creative solutions. A non-profit organization developed a new way to engage volunteers. The HR and finance groups within a university installed a new software system to automate tasks and have better information for decisions.

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Put HR Skills on Your Performance Improvement Team

Harvard Business Review

My team would have people with deep functional knowledge and skills (strategy, sales, marketing, finance, and information technology) to align surrounding processes. If you do Six Sigma in isolation, the work force doesn't have time to implement the changes.". These are "people skills.".

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How GE Stays Young

Harvard Business Review

Under CEO Jack Welch in the 1980s and 1990s, they adopted operational efficiency approaches (“ Workout ,” “Six Sigma,” and “Lean”) that reinforced their success and that many companies emulated. In 2009, GE’s transportation unit developed a new sodium battery for a hybrid engine for locomotives.

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Avoiding Catastrophic Failures in Process Improvement

Harvard Business Review

The company in our story got so excited by its process blueprints that it forgot to develop a clear financial case. Engage the finance organization. Finance was on board at the company in our story. The system must be reviewed and validated by finance. Tie process changes to clear financial results.

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What Social Entrepreneurs Can Teach Your Company's Future Leaders

Harvard Business Review

They too have struggled to operate in complex environments, and have developed the skills and expertise to overcome these challenges. Access to finance , designing operational processes and systems , and building strong, talented management teams are just a few obstacles that many cite. However, the core skills they need are different.

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When Learning at Work Becomes Overwhelming

Harvard Business Review

This technology knowledge is piled on top of existing expertise nurse executives are expected to have about clinical practice, patient experience, finance, safety, employee relations, process improvement, leadership development, and managing interdisciplinary teams. Developing employees Managing people Employee retention'